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Today’s intuitive touch screens and icons are minimizing training expenses and impacting the outcomes of procedures, as well as providing effective ways for differentiating devices in the marketplace and making product upgrades. And tomorrow’s interfaces will likely evolve from flat, 2D experiences to 3D or “spatial interfaces,” where the user interacts within a virtual space.
Flexible screens and increasingly portable devices made possible by lower power requirements will further change the way doctors, nurses, and patients interact with medical devices. The industry may even see some technologies from the Wii playbook make their way into the medical setting, where intuitive gesturing could be used to manipulate software.
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A new era of consumer-driven medical products is underway that promises to change the way healthcare is administered. The Internet has empowered patients to better understand and map their own healthcare. Wearable medical devices for cardiac pacing, pain management, drug delivery, blood chemistry monitoring, and neurostimulation are readily available for use in hospitals and at home. Wireless standards that link patients to their medical practitioners will promote greater levels of protection and independence.
The success of these smaller, more precise, and easier-to-deploy next-generation wireless medical devices will rely on strategic human-centered design efforts conducted by highly integrated, multi-disciplinary teams. An example of this is found in a newly developed patient-monitoring system, for which DD Studio (ddstudio.com), Carlsbad, CA, supported user research, industrial design, and mechanical engineering. (Looking at the picture of the messy medical cart, it should be no surprise that wireless devices can provide tremendous design opportunities.)
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Software with what’s called an explicit-modeling approach lets device designers work directly with geometries on-the-fly without worrying about underlying constraints, parameters, and history trees that might otherwise hinder the creation of good-looking designs. Using this kind of CAD, manufacturers are exploiting current industrial design trends to create products that are head-and-shoulders above the competition, says marketing director Geoff Hedges, CoCreate, Needham, Mass.
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ASTM's STP 1515, Fatigue and Fracture of Medical Metallic Materials and Devices, 2nd Volume contains papers addressing the thermal and mechanical properties of shape memory alloys and medical metallic materials.
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Medical-device manufacturers can speed their assembly and test operations by using a software-design service. According to InterTech Development Co, its software works so closely with the machine controller that, for instance, a valve typically taking 50 milliseconds to open with traditional software controls opens in one millisecond or less.
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The Mephisto 3D scanner from 3DDynamics now includes Rapidform XOS software from INUS Technology Inc, providing a cost-effective, high-performance 3D scanning system. The software processes scan data, letting users measure and view scanned objects, export high-quality meshes, and even create lightweight NURBS surface models.
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Fast doesn't mean simple
Proto Labs created The Protomold Torus to demonstrate interesting, complex features that can be designed into your parts for an assortment of different purposes. "The Torus" comes with an informational user key that describes the features and mold-making techniques used to produce those features.
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Boker's 2010 Washer Catalog
Boker's free 2010 Washer Catalog features over 24,000 non-standard flat washer sizes with ODs of 0.080" to 5.140"; numerous IDs and thicknesses; 2,000 materials; and no tooling charges. ISO 9001:2008 Registered.
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Phillips Plastics Corporation®
Medical OEM projects often require more that a custom part or a vendor with limited services. Learn more about the engineering services, materials support, clean rooms, quality control, packaging, sterilization, manufacturing technologies available from Phillips Plastics.
Product & Material Testing
Medical OEMs are product and technology experts, but understanding test requirements and carrying them out is challenging, taking you away from what you do best. Learn more about medical product test methods and requirements from the experts at DDL. www.testedandproven.com
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